noun · feminine
paramuthias
Strong’sG3889
encouragement, comfort
stem paramuthi-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
** παραμυθία, -ας, ἡ
(< παραμυθέομαι), [in LXX: Es 8:13, Wi 19:12*;]
SYN.: παράκλησις.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3889 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpar-am-oo-thee'-ah
consolation (properly, abstract)
Fromfrom G3888;
King Jamescomfort.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
encouragement, exhortation, Refs 5th c.BC+; reassurance, gentle persuasion, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 consolation, Refs 2nd c.AD+; diversion, distraction, Refs 5th c.BC+
3 relief from, abatement of, φθόνου Refs 1st c.AD+; π. ταλαιπωρούντων, of sleep, Refs 2nd c.AD+
4 explanation, solution of a difficulty, π. πρὸς τὴν ἀπορίαν Refs 1st c.AD+
5 excuse, ἔχειν τινὰ π. Refs 2nd c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | paramuthias | paramuthiais |
| object accusative | paramuthian1×παραμυθίαν | paramuthiain |
| direct address vocative | paramuthiar | paramuthiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | paramuthiau | paramuthiaiu |
| to, for dative | paramuthia | paramuthiai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
paramuthia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
paramuthian“consolation”objectaccusative singular1×
1 Corinthians 14:3“consolation”… anthrōpoi lalatō oikodoman kai paraklēsian kai paramuthian.… who prophesies speaks to men for their edification, encouragement, and comfort.